Joseph Kohlmann (Pre-Festive)
@jkohlmann.bsky.social
He / him · #Manhattan #NYC · Staff software engineer · Design+eng, #HCI, #DesignSystems, listening, empathy, #house #music, video #games, #photography, #cats, Black feminism, trans rights, Palestinian liberation, antiwhiteness, broken systems, #union labor
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NEW: Ubisoft has not been sold, nor has it collapsed.
The week-long delay in its corporate earnings, the subject of much speculation, was due to--are you sitting down?-- financial reporting technicalities regarding two unspecified partnerships.
www.gamefile.news/p/ubisoft-de...
The week-long delay in its corporate earnings, the subject of much speculation, was due to--are you sitting down?-- financial reporting technicalities regarding two unspecified partnerships.
www.gamefile.news/p/ubisoft-de...
Speculation around Ubisoft earnings delay proves unfounded
It was an accounting issue involving new auditors and the reporting of revenue from two unspecified partnerships, the company said.
www.gamefile.news
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
NEW: Ubisoft has not been sold, nor has it collapsed.
The week-long delay in its corporate earnings, the subject of much speculation, was due to--are you sitting down?-- financial reporting technicalities regarding two unspecified partnerships.
www.gamefile.news/p/ubisoft-de...
The week-long delay in its corporate earnings, the subject of much speculation, was due to--are you sitting down?-- financial reporting technicalities regarding two unspecified partnerships.
www.gamefile.news/p/ubisoft-de...
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The amount of people I know who have been laid off from games industry jobs and are deciding to leave games entirely as a result is not only extremely saddening (of course), but also genuinely scary. We have lost legitimately thousands of years of knowledge and experience in the last four years.
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The amount of people I know who have been laid off from games industry jobs and are deciding to leave games entirely as a result is not only extremely saddening (of course), but also genuinely scary. We have lost legitimately thousands of years of knowledge and experience in the last four years.
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it just seems plainly clear to me that if you serve the country in any capacity, civil or military, and you are not a conservative white man, the Trump administration wants to make the workplace as hostile an environment as possible so you remove yourself
November 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
it just seems plainly clear to me that if you serve the country in any capacity, civil or military, and you are not a conservative white man, the Trump administration wants to make the workplace as hostile an environment as possible so you remove yourself
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It has always been this - there is no intention to change the system. The massive build up of arms, the cruel and inhumane detention of refugees, the steady rise in xenophobia, even the genocide in Gaza - all of it is meant to normalise crushing force, crushing dissent, to preserve the status quo.
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
It has always been this - there is no intention to change the system. The massive build up of arms, the cruel and inhumane detention of refugees, the steady rise in xenophobia, even the genocide in Gaza - all of it is meant to normalise crushing force, crushing dissent, to preserve the status quo.
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Reposted by Joseph Kohlmann (Pre-Festive)
Reposted by Joseph Kohlmann (Pre-Festive)
My Transition Co-chair Lina Khan and First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan joined Starbucks workers on the picket line today because making NYC affordable means an end to unfair labor practices and a living wage for our workers. We are their partners in the fight to live in this city with dignity.
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
My Transition Co-chair Lina Khan and First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan joined Starbucks workers on the picket line today because making NYC affordable means an end to unfair labor practices and a living wage for our workers. We are their partners in the fight to live in this city with dignity.
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Free them both
A U.S. postal worker on Long Island is accused of trying to help a man escape from ICE custody earlier this month, according to a federal criminal complaint: https://gothamist.visitlink.me/YNagDp
US postal worker charged with breaking man out of ICE custody on Long Island
Police arrested the worker and the man she tried to free.
gothamist.visitlink.me
November 21, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Free them both
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christmas ornaments are just jewelry for trees
November 21, 2025 at 3:18 AM
christmas ornaments are just jewelry for trees
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Oh you're saying I can use a riddle to confound the inscrutable creature who wants to drain my life force?
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 21, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Oh you're saying I can use a riddle to confound the inscrutable creature who wants to drain my life force?
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its so cool that our two trans holidays are "please remember we exist" and "please stop killing us"
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
its so cool that our two trans holidays are "please remember we exist" and "please stop killing us"
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did someone write a paper on the anti-politics of AI projects? was that something i told someone they should write and then i just imagined they went and did it? if you know of this paper, please point me in the right direction.
if i'm going to have to write this, press F in the replies.
if i'm going to have to write this, press F in the replies.
November 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
did someone write a paper on the anti-politics of AI projects? was that something i told someone they should write and then i just imagined they went and did it? if you know of this paper, please point me in the right direction.
if i'm going to have to write this, press F in the replies.
if i'm going to have to write this, press F in the replies.
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Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
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“…if Condé can get away with this—and with President Donald Trump sabotaging the National Labor Relations Board, the company appears to be betting that it can—it will send a message to unions and employers across our industry that the foundations of labor law are collapsing.”
If Condé Nast Can Illegally Fire Me, No Union Worker Is Safe
The Trump administration is making employers think they can ignore their legal obligations and trample on the rights of workers.
www.thenation.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
“…if Condé can get away with this—and with President Donald Trump sabotaging the National Labor Relations Board, the company appears to be betting that it can—it will send a message to unions and employers across our industry that the foundations of labor law are collapsing.”
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MIT's famous linguistic professor Noam Chomsky was in regular and close contact with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a review of emails published by the U.S. House Oversight Committee. In the documents, Chomsky described Epstein as a "highly valued friend."
Epstein emails show close connection with MIT's Noam Chomsky
MIT's famous linguistic professor Noam Chomsky was in regular and close contact with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a review of emails published by the U.S. House Oversight Committee. In t...
www.wbur.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
MIT's famous linguistic professor Noam Chomsky was in regular and close contact with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a review of emails published by the U.S. House Oversight Committee. In the documents, Chomsky described Epstein as a "highly valued friend."
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People are calling me stupid for calling this terminological misuse out. Think about what is enacted:
"in a cultish atmosphere, jargon does just the opposite: Instead, it causes speakers to feel confused and intellectually deficient. That way, they’ll comply." — Montell
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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"in a cultish atmosphere, jargon does just the opposite: Instead, it causes speakers to feel confused and intellectually deficient. That way, they’ll comply." — Montell
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
1/2
November 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
People are calling me stupid for calling this terminological misuse out. Think about what is enacted:
"in a cultish atmosphere, jargon does just the opposite: Instead, it causes speakers to feel confused and intellectually deficient. That way, they’ll comply." — Montell
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
1/2
"in a cultish atmosphere, jargon does just the opposite: Instead, it causes speakers to feel confused and intellectually deficient. That way, they’ll comply." — Montell
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
1/2
@glennf.com Wishing you all the best!!!
November 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
@glennf.com Wishing you all the best!!!
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Tim Cook, of Apple, is at this dinner.
The likes of Musk and Schwarzman—sure, that's who they are.
But Cook has been groveling more than strictly necessary.
The likes of Musk and Schwarzman—sure, that's who they are.
But Cook has been groveling more than strictly necessary.
everlasting shame on all these people
November 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Tim Cook, of Apple, is at this dinner.
The likes of Musk and Schwarzman—sure, that's who they are.
But Cook has been groveling more than strictly necessary.
The likes of Musk and Schwarzman—sure, that's who they are.
But Cook has been groveling more than strictly necessary.
Reposted by Joseph Kohlmann (Pre-Festive)
“The Sam Altman-founded company behind the ‘Orb,’ a volleyball-sized metal sphere that scans irises to prove people's humanity, had a message for employees: work weekends and ignore anything outside your job — for the good of humanity.”
Sam Altman's eye-scanning Orb startup told workers not to care about anything outside work
Tools for Humanity CEO Alex Blania said that "if you should care about something else, and if you want something else, you should just not be here."
www.businessinsider.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
“The Sam Altman-founded company behind the ‘Orb,’ a volleyball-sized metal sphere that scans irises to prove people's humanity, had a message for employees: work weekends and ignore anything outside your job — for the good of humanity.”
Reposted by Joseph Kohlmann (Pre-Festive)
Good example of how an acronym can dehumanize consequences and mask what’s going on. Syntactically, “Diversity slayer,” “equity slayer,” or “inclusion slayer” sounds weird. They aren’t “slaying” these things; they’re promoting and supporting their opposites: segregation, unfairness, and exclusion.
November 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Good example of how an acronym can dehumanize consequences and mask what’s going on. Syntactically, “Diversity slayer,” “equity slayer,” or “inclusion slayer” sounds weird. They aren’t “slaying” these things; they’re promoting and supporting their opposites: segregation, unfairness, and exclusion.
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Reposted by Joseph Kohlmann (Pre-Festive)
School project to "disguise" the turkey so it doesn't get eaten on Thanksgiving
November 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
School project to "disguise" the turkey so it doesn't get eaten on Thanksgiving
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should probably check this guy’s hard drive
November 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM
should probably check this guy’s hard drive